Malaia Prostokischenka

Past Producer in Russia with commodities Platinum, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038356
MRDS ID M045697
Record type Site
Current site name Malaia Prostokischenka

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 59.41986, 58.8254 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Comments on the location information

  • RUSSIAN SFSR, URALS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result CONCENTRATES: OS=0.47, PT=80.28, IR+RH= 1.30, PD=0.23, CU=2.23, FE=14.69 (L11)
Result OS=3.80, PT=86.58, IR=0.38, RH=0.24, PD=0.30, CU=0.57, FE=7.09 (L111)
Result OS=1.38, PT=73.61, IR=2.18 (L1V)
Result OS=4.30, PT=83.42, IR=0.56, RH=0.60, PD=0.77, CU=0.91, NI=0.03, FE=8.75 (LV) - DUPARC AND TIKONOWITCH, P. 243, CALLED FERROPLATINUM AND POLYXENE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) 59.41986, 58.8254

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.6M
    Length 2133.6M
    Width 76.2M
    Depth to top 10.67M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Weressowy - Ouwal

Production statistics

  • Year 1920
    Material PT
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.54 To 0.648 Toz/Cy

Comments on the production information

  • GRADE VARIES; NEAR SOURCE = 0.011 TO 0.043 TOZ/CY, LOCALLY UP TO 2.07 TOZ/CY; 1= 7000 X 250 X 3.5 CU FT X 0.54 TOZ/CY; NUGGETS OF UP TO 124 TOZ.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DUPARC AND TIKONOWITCH, 1920, LE PLATINE..., P. 374

  • Production

    DUPARC AND TIKONOWITCH

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1975 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.